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What does the lecturer mean when she says you are here to educate your students for eternity?
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It mean that when we are teaching students and engaging in dialogue we can teach them in a way that connects them to the eternal design set forth by God in the beginning of creation.
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I take this to mean that we should teach in view of our eternity life. This includes living for God and not ourselves and doing what would please him while here on earth. The goal is to allow the Holy Spirt to work through us to lead students to salvation and an eternal home in heaven.
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To educate students for eternity means that we are not simply focusing on the here and now, checking off tasks and aiming for the A or pat on the back to please others. Our goal is to become more and more like Christ. We need to be modeling and teaching what it means to “die” to ourselves in order to be transformed into His image. Using the acronym JOY can help students remember who we should think of and aim to consider first: J: Jesus, O: others, Y: you.
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The lecturer means that our focus on education should not be the lesson for the day, the chapter, or the unit. It should not be on a test, but rather our education should be focused on growing our students and teaching them to know, trust, and follow Christ. To disciple our students and prepare them for what is beyond this life, for eternity.
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As Christians we are eternal beings and we need to instill in our students that understanding so that they know they are in this life to be ready for eternity. We are preparing them for more than this life.